SQL Server 2005 won't install

SQL Server 2005 won't install

• dcy07

  I may have stumbled onto a fix. It appears that when uninstalling SQL Express Tools that all entries aren't cleaned out of the registry and this causes SQL Express setup.exe to think it was still installed.
  
  I deleted item 983B057... from the windows\currentversion\products area and setup no longer gives me the incompatible components error. You can also do a search on "2750B389" in the registry.
  
  Now getting a different error during install.
  
  The setup has encountered an upexpected error while
   WizardFirst. The error is :Fatal error during installation.
  
  Later...
  
  

• eferreyra

  YOU ARE A GENIOUS!!!!
  
  It finally worked!,
  my sql server installation had somehow f*cked up my OLEDB driver for SQL Server, and i couldn’t install sql server again... but now it works!
  
  during the second installation it required me to move the MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA folder. no swet.
  
  by the way, the msiexec /x didn’t work for me, I kept getting a xml
  thanks!
  

• frog37

  You can use Build Uninstall Wizard located in "Setup Tools" folder of CD. Setup Tools\Build Uninstall Wizard\sqlbuw.exe 
  
  OR
  You can also uninstall all SQL Server components from Control Panel\Add or Remove Program (ARP) , if component do not appreare in ARP you can use following method.
  
  You can review the setup log file located at %Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\log\files\*.log and find "Product code" which is not uninstalled. Use that product code to uninstall. following example
  
  

  msiexec /x <product code>
  
  hth,
  Rajesh Patel

  
  
  

• millerfj

  Thanks! I had to do the same but with different GUIDs, It looks like several of the SQL Server Setup Support files didn't uninstall correctly
  

• CoreyMasson

  Absolutely genious. I was going nuts after SQL server not getting installed. Thanks to the solution it worked for me too.
  
  Thanks
  

• David Zillner

  I had to go into the setup log file created by the June CTP setup which failed with the same message as in the first post. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_COMPUTERNAME_Core.log
  and one by one, copied the product CLSIDs June CTP was complaining about, search the entire registry for the existance of the copied product CLSID and remove the parent key. Then went in to the C:\windows\installer directory and deleted each folder named after the product CLSID. Ran setup and woohoo!
  Here's the GUIDs. Remember not to just delete the value (right pane of registry editor) instead remove the associated parent key (top level expanded folder)represented by an open folder icon on the left side of the registry editor:
  
  {2373A92B-1C1C-4E71-B494-5CA97F96AA19}
  {63A5DC0D-1EDD-4D69-8F31-87FAEB1F7084}
  {E0A41F96-7231-4AE8-A654-EEB34F935462}
  {90032DD0-ABEE-4424-AC1E-B076BDD4E350}
  
  I was forced to go about it this way, the msiexec /x guid was generating errors for each product. Something about xmlrw.dll not being found.
  

• Srik

  I am eagerly awaiting a resolution t this problem.
  
  In my case, I had successfully installed SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 and used it for couple of days. I then dared to install VS 2005 Beta. Its setup program balked that .Net Framework 2.0 Beta 2 was already installed and referred me to a helpme file. That basically told me to uninstall any SQL Server 2005 component and re-run the setup.
  
  Which I did. I was able to install VS 2005 Beta 2. But when I tried to run SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Setup program, I got the same error message that you got.
  
  I would have expected a lot more active forum; I am disappointed at the pace of exchange.
  
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